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I have taken note of the fact that I overlooked that phrase.Carl said:You then ignored the fact that salt and ammonia aren't "controlled precursor chemicals",
Hussein did have yellow cake. So it seemed like a good idea to proceed on that premise.Carl said:... and further proceeded from a premise that Saddam had actually obtained yellow cake rather than merely attempted to obtain it.
My side of the argument is that it is entirely reasonable not to classify yellowcake as a WMD.Carl said:So your opponent's general inference that some silliness obtained on your side of the argument is in fact largely correct.
What's so silly about that?
Since pseudo-ephedrine is indeed "a controlled precursor chemical, commonly known to be used in the manufacture of methamphetamine," I assumed that it would fit the bill of "a controlled precursor chemical, commonly known to be used in the manufacture of methamphetamine."Carl said:In the present case, I made no reference to pseudo-ephedrine either implicitly or explicitly. I would appreciate, as we go forward, that you take no further liberties as regards paraphrasing my statements. Kindly just cite them as written.
I hope you can see why I thought you were talking about "a controlled precursor chemical, commonly known to be used in the manufacture of methamphetamine" like psuedo-ephedrine. I mean after all psuedo-ephedrine is "a controlled precursor chemical, commonly known to be used in the manufacture of methamphetamine."
So, it is an easy mistake to make.